Early Photography Archive

Name: Early Photography Archive
Creator: Analog Photo Today
License: Open-access data is CC0; public-domain images are served via IIIF links without redistribution.

The Early Photography Archive presents public-domain photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago photography and media collection, with artist, process and dating context, drawn from the CC0 API and refreshed monthly. Every record links the museum page and adds technique family, origin region and era labels from our pipeline.

Records: 4,070
Last changed: 09/02/2026
Update schedule: 27 5 2 * * UTC
Coverage: 03/03/2026–09/02/2026
Method: Methodology

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Photograph	Artist	Date	Technique	Origin	On view
In the Daisy Field - "Sweet flow'ret of the rural glade"	Underwood & Underwood American, active 1881-1920	1897	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Water Rats	Frank Meadow Sutcliffe English, 1853–1941	1886, printed July 1991	other	Europe	false
Woman, Ceylon	Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879	1875/79	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Dial Rock, Red Buttes, Laramie Plains	Andrew J. Russell American, 1830–1902	1868/69	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Corpera	Sanford H. Roth American, 1906–1962	1947/55	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Hosiery Worker	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1937	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Miner's Boy, Scott's Run, West Virginia	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1936	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
WPA Relief Checks Given Out To Unemployed Miners, Scott's Run, West Virginia	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1936	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Row of Bachelor Shacks At Scott's Run, West Virginia Mines	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1936	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Penny Picture Display, Savannah	Walker Evans American, 1903–1975	1936, printed c. 1962	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Barn, Lake George	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1936	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
New York from the Shelton	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1935	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Poplars - Lake George	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864-1946	1935	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Poplars—Lake George	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1935	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Car 2F-77-77	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1935	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
House and Grape Leaves	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1934	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
House and Grape Leaves	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1934	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Grass and Frost	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1934	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Door to Kitchen, Lake George	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1934	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Grass and Flagpole	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1933	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Georgia O'Keeffe	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1933	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Grass	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1933	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Hedge and Grasses - Lake George	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1933	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
From My Window at An American Place, Southwest	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1932	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
From My Window at An American Place, Southwest	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1932	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Dualities - Dorothy Norman	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1932	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Lake George from the Hill	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1932	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Poplars—Lake George	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1932	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Poor Rural Family Living In A Smoke-House, Oklahoma, In Care Of Red Cross	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1931	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Climbing up the Beams on the Empire State-100 Stories Up	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1931	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
From My Window at the Shelton, West	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1931	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
From My Window at the Shelton, West	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1931	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
From My Window at the Shelton, West	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1931	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
From My Window at An American Place, North	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1931	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
From My Window at An American Place, North	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1931	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Georgia O'Keeffe - Hands and Horse Skull	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1931	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1931	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Child Labor on the Farm	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	true
Breaker Boys Are No Longer Needed, This Is A Modern Breaker	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
The Mines Today By Cables (Electric Driven). This Is The Power Room Of A Pennsylvania Coal Mine	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Old Fashioned Brakeman on Freight Train	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1930/31	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Living Quarter Of "Out-Of-Works" In Patterson, New Jersey	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1935	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
These Miners Like Their Lunch And A Little Rest In Such Low-Ceilinged Entries	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Rural Scene In Central Maine, Many Oxen Are Still Used	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Worker Giving High-Signal to the Derrick Crew	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1930/31	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Worker at Grinding Machine	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1930/31	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Dorothy Norman	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
From My Window at An American Place, North	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1930/31	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false